[nfbwatlk] Fw: Product testing

[Lauren Merryfield]

Hi,
That wouldn't work for me because I take my meds out of their bottles and 
put them in a large pillbox.
I can tell which is which by the compartment I put them in and their shapes.
Thanks
Lauren
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "NFB of Washington Talk" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 7:36 PM
Subject: [nfbwatlk] Fw: Product testing


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Brett Winches
> To: NFB of Idaho Discussion List
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 2:47 PM
> Subject: [Nfb-idaho] Product testing
>
>
> At the risk of being flamed for off topic posts of questionable validity
> to this list, I submit the following.  It comes from another NFB LIST
> THOUGH NOT WELL CROSS POSTED.
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> ...forwarded MESSAGE....
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> Hello everyone. I work with the NFB's Diabetes Action Network, and we
> have been developing a program to reward developers of accessible
> products, which we are calling the Access Plus Award, or A+ for short.
> We recently gave our first A+ Award to the makers of the Prodigy Voice,
> a talking blood glucose meter for blind diabetics.
>
> The NFB is currently evaluating an RFID text-to-speech prescription
> reading system, called Script Talk, for our A+ Award. The backbone of
> the A+ process is consumer product testing. Specifically, we recruit a
> group of NFB volunteers to use the product regularly for a given time
> period (say, three weeks) and fill out an extensive evaluation form.
> Volunteers don't get paid, but they do get to keep the product, and
> their recommendations will be used to make any necessary changes to the
> product before it receives the award.
>
> We are currently seeking volunteers to participate in the consumer
> testing of Script Talk. Volunteers will be provided with a prescription
> reader and will have their prescription bottles coded to be read by the
> reader. If you would be interested in volunteering for the test panel
> and take more than one prescription medication on a daily basis, please
> email me at <mailto:gailbk.voice at gmail.com
> <mailto:gailbk.voice at gmail.com> > gailbk.voice at gmail.com. As usual, time
> is of the essence, so I would be grateful if you could respond quickly.
>
> Thanks so much, and I look forward to hearing from you!
>
> Gail
>
> Gail Brashers-Krug
>
> Director of Special Projects
>
> Voice of the Diabetic & Diabetes Action Network
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> 1800 Johnson Street
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> Baltimore, Maryland 21230
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> Phone (410) 372-4102
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> Fax (410) 372-4102
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> gailbk at diabetes.Nfb.org
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> gailbk.voice at gmail.com
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> www.voiceofthediabetic.org <outbind://5/www.voiceofthediabetic.org>
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> Thank you!
> Brett Winchester   KD7JN
> bwinchester at icbvi.idaho.gov
> ICBVI -- Reading Services
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> 341 W WASHINGTON STREET
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> 208-334-3220-104
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> 208-334-2963 fax
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